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Black Sea MoU PSC Annual Report 2023
During 2023, 5,294 inspections involving 3,541 individual ships were carried out on ships registered in the Black Sea Region. Those are the key headlines of the Black Sea MoU Annual PSC Report.
The impact of the Russian Armed Invasion of Ukraine, according to the Black Sea MoU Annual PSC Report, affected shipping in the Black Sea Region, including Ukrainian ports. In 2023, although the number of inspections closely aligns with the five-year average recorded during the pre-Covid period from 2015 to 2019 (5,258), the number of inspections of Ukraine significantly dropped by 45.5 per cent compared with the pre-war five-year period.
Black Sea Grain Initiative and its impact
Although grain shipments from Ukraine resumed in 2022 thanks to the Black Sea Grain Initiative, signed by the Republic of Türkiye, the Russian Federation, Ukraine, and the United Nations on 22 July 2022, the Initiative was terminated on 17 July 2023. After the termination of the Initiative, the number of inspections of Ukraine also decreased by 21.1 per cent.
Establishment of maritime corridor To establish a special maritime corridor in Ukrainian sovereign waters in the Black Sea for commercial vessels heading to and from Ukrainian ports, the Government of Ukraine has temporarily instituted a maritime route to facilitate the unblocking of international shipping in the northwestern part of the Black Sea which runs along Ukraine’s southwest Black Sea coast, into Romanian territorial waters and exclusive maritime economic zone, and onwards to Türkiye (for further information, please see IMO Circular Letters No.4748, dated 19 July 2023, and No.4769, dated 24 August 2023). The corridor had a positive impact on the increase in vessel traffic. Subsequently, a positive step for the viability of the route was launched by a mine sweeping group of Bulgaria, Romania, and Türkiye designed to free coastal waters from sea mines.
Inspection rate and ship data
The exact number of individual ships operating in the region was unavailable due to the war in Ukraine, and it was estimated as 5,617*. The inspection rate in the region was approximately 63.04% in 2023. The number of individual ships inspected in 2023 (3,541) is slightly more than the number of individual ships inspected in 2022 (3,501). Out of 5,294 inspections in 2023, 3,204 were found with deficiencies. The percentage of inspections with deficiencies in 2023 (60.53%) is nearly similar to 2022 (59.96%).
Detentions due to deficiencies
In 2023, the number of ships detained as a result of deficiencies clearly hazardous to safety, health, or the environment amounted to 208. These detained vessels were registered by 27 different Flag Administrations. The overall detention percentage in the region (Detentions as a per cent of inspections) in 2023 continues its upward trend, from 3.50% in 2022 to 3.93%. Since several individual ships were inspected and detained more than once during any one year, the regional detention rate (Individual ships detained as a per cent of individual ships inspected) in 2023 was 5.20%, which is higher than the detention percentage. The regional detention rate in 2023 was also higher than the 2022 detention rate of 4.63%.
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Container Port Performance Index 2023 published
The newest global Container Port Performance Index (CPPI) has been published and reveals that East and Southeast Asian ports excelled in 2023, accounting for 13 of the top 20 places. Regional disruptions impacted port performance everywhere, according to the new report. Developed by the World Bank and S&P Global Market Intelligence, the fourth edition of CPPI is based on the biggest dataset ever: more than 182,000 vessel calls, 238.2 million moves, and about 381 million twenty-foot equivalents (TEUs) for the full calendar year of 2023. More than 90% of merchandise trade is transported by sea, so the resilience, efficiency, and overall performance of ports are crucial to global markets and economic development.
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